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50 Greatest Trailers: The Experts Speak, continued
By Stephen Saito
on 07/08/2009
The Anticipation is Killing Me
To some degree, these films didn't need trailers to sell themselves -- buzz had already built, but when they hit theaters and computer screens around the country, they didn't disappoint. (Arguably, that time would come later.) All masterfully edited and directed by some of the best visualists around, here are the trailers for "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," "300," "Kill Bill: Volume 1" and "Pearl Harbor":
Odds and Ends
These two films couldn't be any further apart, but both were suggested by readers and we can't disagree. Rob Reiner's long-winded and shamelessly self-promotional trailer for "This is Spinal Tap" sees the first-time director bringing out his two Emmys and proclaiming "there's a naked groupie in this movie with enormous breasts, big nipples" all in an effort to "sell popcorn" before admitting he has no actual footage to show. So instead, he plays stock footage of a Scandinavian cheese festival, narrated by Derek Smalls alter ego Harry Shearer and featuring Tap's David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) participating in a "cheese blowing" competition.
Ridley Scott preferred a minimalist approach for the teaser to "1492: Conquest of Paradise," his ill-fated Christopher Columbus biopic starring Gérard Depardieu that achieved the nifty trick of modernizing the discovery of America by comparing it to the moon landing with a judicious use of staticky jolts and clever voiceover.
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The Femme Fatale Trailer above is still my favorite of all time.
Did I say "above"? I meant... the link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGttEqkwGBo
joe dag
ALIEN!!!!!! the commercial and the trailer.
Both "Alien" and "Femme Fatale" made our top 50 trailers list, which you can find here: http://www.ifc.com/news/2009/06/50-greatest-trailers.php
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four pages?
Fuck you.
sam
Why would I look at this if I had to load 4+ pages? Get some useability people..
J. Edgar Hoover
Anyone notice how in the first minute of the trailer to "Pearl Harbor", they used the same theme as "The Crow"? Too bad the movie was crap.
Buck
I thought "300 Spartans" was a better interpretation of the battle of thermopolae than 300.
How do you guys leave out Buffalo 66.... AGAIN???? You guys are still the INDEPENDENT Film channel right???? You throw up 300 but leave out Buffalo 66 ??? Seriously that's shameful.
Great Job including other trailers you missed the first time though. :)
